Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Hillyard, Austin County, Texas, 1867
James Hillyard registered to vote in Austin County on August 22, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 33 years in Texas, 33 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 33 years
- In Texas
- 33 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1834 to 1870
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In Austin County
James Hillyard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Hillyard
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 33 years
- Years in Austin County
- 33 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hillyard in Austin County
- Jacob Hillyardborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1821
- Moses Hillyardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1837
- Robert Hillyardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1836
Hillyards elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 32 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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